{"id":19920,"date":"2011-10-01T21:53:58","date_gmt":"2011-10-02T04:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=19920"},"modified":"2022-09-03T18:57:15","modified_gmt":"2022-09-04T01:57:15","slug":"easter-parade-1948","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=19920","title":{"rendered":"Easter Parade (1948)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Who says I can&#8217;t get along without her? See those girls? Any one of them has as much talent as she has.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Easter-Parade-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Easter-Parade-Poster-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-19921\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Easter-Parade-Poster-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Easter-Parade-Poster-84x128.jpg 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Easter-Parade-Poster.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen his longtime partner (Ann Miller) leaves him to go solo, a dancer (Fred Astaire) takes a chorus girl (Judy Garland) under his wing and decides to turn her into his protegee.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ann Miller Films<\/li>\n<li>Aspiring Stars<\/li>\n<li>Dancers<\/li>\n<li>Fred Astaire Films<\/li>\n<li>Historical Drama<\/li>\n<li>Judy Garland Films<\/li>\n<li>Love Triangle<\/li>\n<li>Mentors<\/li>\n<li>Musicals<\/li>\n<li>Peter Lawford Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary\u2019s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary accurately notes that the result of the triple-switcheroo behind <em>Easter Parade<\/em> (Fred Astaire replaced Gene Kelly at the last minute when Kelly broke his ankle, while Cyd Charisse was replaced by Ann Miller, and director Charles Walters replaced Vincente Minnelli <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0040308\/trivia?tr=tr0734762\">at the advice of Judy Garland&#8217;s psychoanalyst!<\/a>) resulted in &#8220;one of MGM&#8217;s brightest, cheeriest musicals&#8221;. He&#8217;s right to state that &#8220;Astaire and Garland&#8221; &#8212; despite their age gap (Astaire was officially retired at the time) &#8212; &#8220;are a most engaging screen couple&#8221;, and that &#8220;it seems Garland is really enjoying herself &#8212; which is nice to see&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Easter-Parade-Garland2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Easter-Parade-Garland2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19925\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Easter-Parade-Garland2.png 448w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Easter-Parade-Garland2-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Easter-Parade-Garland2-300x224.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He notes that there are many &#8220;fine musical numbers&#8221; &#8212; most notably Astaire&#8217;s &#8220;particularly exciting&#8221; solo, &#8216;Steppin&#8217; Out With My Baby&#8217;, in which he &#8220;dances in slow motion while the chorus behind him dances at full speed&#8221; (impressively &#8216;daring&#8217; stuff!):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Easter-Parade-Steppin-Out.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Easter-Parade-Steppin-Out.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Easter-Parade-Steppin-Out.png 448w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Easter-Parade-Steppin-Out-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Easter-Parade-Steppin-Out-300x224.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>and &#8220;Ann Miller&#8217;s sexy tap solo to &#8216;Shaking the Blues Away'&#8221; (which she unfortunately performed in a great deal of pain, though you&#8217;d never know it). <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Easter-Parade-Miller.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Easter-Parade-Miller.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-59211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Easter-Parade-Miller.png 448w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Easter-Parade-Miller-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Easter-Parade-Miller-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Easter-Parade-Miller-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He further adds that &#8220;the Astaire-Garland numbers are special, too&#8221; (&#8216;A Couple of Swells&#8217; remains iconic), and he notes that &#8220;the uplifting Irving Berlin score&#8221; (fabulous!) is &#8220;first-rate and used to perfection&#8221; (though he admits to not being &#8220;a fan of Peter Lawford&#8217;s singing&#8221;, a sentiment I can get behind; fortunately, Lawford sings just one short, innocuous song). <\/p>\n<p>Peary points out that the &#8220;simple storyline&#8230; is essentially <em>Pygmalion<\/em>,&#8221; given that it&#8217;s about an accomplished professional (in this case, a dancer) who dares his partner that &#8220;he can take an unknown non-professional&#8230; and make her&#8230; a big star&#8221;. Despite its familiarity, it&#8217;s handled well enough &#8212; and with enough humor &#8212; that it feels fresh and engaging. Fleshing out this central storyline is a rather pedestrian, if complicated and unrealistic, love quadrangle (Lawford loves Garland at first sight, but Garland secretly loves Astaire, who is still in love with Miller &#8212; though God only knows why! &#8212; and Miller has a massive crush on Lawford). This angle of the film is best left under-analyzed, as it&#8217;s really just a prop for the non-stop songs and dances (that Berlin score!) that thankfully dominate the screentime. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fred Astaire as Don<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Easter-Parade-Astaire.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Easter-Parade-Astaire.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19924\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Easter-Parade-Astaire.png 448w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Easter-Parade-Astaire-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Easter-Parade-Astaire-300x224.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Judy Garland as Hannah<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Easter-Parade-Garland.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Easter-Parade-Garland.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-59212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Easter-Parade-Garland.png 448w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Easter-Parade-Garland-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Easter-Parade-Garland-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Easter-Parade-Garland-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Astaire singing and dancing to &#8220;Drum Crazy&#8221; in a toy store<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Easter-Parade-Drum-Crazy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Easter-Parade-Drum-Crazy.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19926\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Easter-Parade-Drum-Crazy.png 448w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Easter-Parade-Drum-Crazy-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Easter-Parade-Drum-Crazy-300x224.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Astaire and Garland&#8217;s many fine dances together<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Easter-Parade-Garland-Astaire.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Easter-Parade-Garland-Astaire.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19927\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Easter-Parade-Garland-Astaire.png 448w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Easter-Parade-Garland-Astaire-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Easter-Parade-Garland-Astaire-300x224.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Easter-Parade-Garland-Astaire2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Easter-Parade-Garland-Astaire2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19928\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Easter-Parade-Garland-Astaire2.png 448w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Easter-Parade-Garland-Astaire2-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Easter-Parade-Garland-Astaire2-300x224.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Easter-Parade-Swells.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Easter-Parade-Swells.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19929\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Easter-Parade-Swells.png 448w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Easter-Parade-Swells-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Easter-Parade-Swells-300x224.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Astaire&#8217;s surreal, oh-so-cool slo-mo dance &#8220;Steppin&#8217; Out With My Baby&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Easter-Parade-Steppin-Out2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Easter-Parade-Steppin-Out2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-59213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Easter-Parade-Steppin-Out2.png 448w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Easter-Parade-Steppin-Out2-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Easter-Parade-Steppin-Out2-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Easter-Parade-Steppin-Out2-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, as a most enjoyably escapist musical &#8212; and oh, that Irving Berlin score!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Genuine Classic<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0040308\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1948\/07\/01\/archives\/easter-parade-with-berlins-hit-tunes-astaires-nimble-feet-at-loews.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s1545east.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=4776&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/2332\/easter-parade#articles-reviews?articleId=1130\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.digitallyobsessed.com\/displaylegacy.php?ID=7142\">Digitally Obsessed Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/movies\/easter-parade\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Who says I can&#8217;t get along without her? See those girls? Any one of them has as much talent as she has.&#8221; Synopsis: When his longtime partner (Ann Miller) leaves him to go solo, a dancer (Fred Astaire) takes a chorus girl (Judy Garland) under his wing and decides to turn her into his protegee. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Ann Miller Films Aspiring Stars Dancers Fred Astaire Films Historical Drama Judy Garland Films Love Triangle Mentors Musicals Peter Lawford&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=19920\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19920"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86778,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19920\/revisions\/86778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}